The production company ALP has just been convicted of manslaughter after the death in 2015 of ten people on the set of the show "Dropped".
Two years earlier, the death of a candidate from "Koh Lanta" suffering from a cardiac pathology had made Denis Brogniart fear the end of his star show.
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It was just 8 years ago.
In March 2013, Gérald Babin, a 25-year-old candidate, had died on the first day of filming of the sixteenth season of
Koh Lanta
.
Doctor Thierry Costa, doctor of the show who had taken care of him, had committed suicide ten days later.
A drama that has deeply marked Denis Brogniart, historical presenter of the show, which will begin its 25th season on Friday.
"I thought that it could have been the end of
Koh Lanta
", he confides Wednesday at the microphone of Matthieu Belliard on Europe 1.
The drama of the PAF star show these days has a special resonance.
The production company ALP was indicted in February for "manslaughter" after the death of ten people, including several French sports stars, in the crash of two helicopters in 2015 on the set of the program
Dropped
.
The information was made public on Monday.
"There was an investigation, a reflection"
In the case of
Koh Lanta
, the same production company had not been indicted.
"There was an investigation, a reflection made in relation to what had happened", affirms Denis Brogniart, who adds: "The production company and TF1 were able to react, to prove that what was happening had happened was due to a serious medical problem that had not been detected despite very thorough examinations. It was not due to the show itself. "
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The memory of the candidate and the missing doctor is still alive in the memory of Denis Brogniart.
"It's a wound that will never heal completely," he told
Society
magazine
.
Today, the star presenter wants to keep moving forward.
He is preparing to celebrate
Koh Lanta's
20th anniversary in August
.